DEXTER: RESURRECTION: SEASON ONE
Starring: Michael C. Hall, Uma Thurman, Peter Dinklage, Jack Alcott, David Zayas, Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Kadia Saraf, Dominic Fumusa, Emilia Suárez, and James Remar
Creator: Clyde Phillips
NICK
Although I enjoyed New Blood, it was tonally different from the Dexter we've come to know. Resurrection, however, is a return to form, offering up one of the best seasons in the series and allowing Michael C. Hall to have fun again. This season continues to focus on Dexter's (Hall) relationship with Harrison (Jack Alcott), introduces a new type of antagonist, and brings a level of closure to the days of Miami Metro. It's a reinvigoration of the character (including the welcome return of James Remar's Harry) and one whose journey I’m excited to continue on with.
QUENTIN
Here’s the thing about Dexter: including New Blood (but not the pointless Original Sin), Resurrection is the series’ tenth season, and in a vacuum, it’s one of the better seasons of the show’s run. In fact, with a few tweaks, this could have been the perfect way to end the show back in the day. However, the fact that Resurrection comes after two(!!) fake-out deaths of Dexter (Michael C. Hall), I can’t help but roll my eyes a little. There just aren’t any stakes anymore, which creates an intangible that prevents me from fully buying in again. It’s just… fool me once, you know?
ROBERT
The best seasons of Dexter don’t lean too heavily on either comedy or drab seriousness. The main issue of the last season, New Blood, was that it took itself too seriously. Fortunately, the entire brain trust that worked to make the show its most evolved form were involved in Resurrection. Therefore, some of the character choices for Dexter (Michael C. Hall) and Harrison (Jack Alcott) were reconfigured, and the heartbeat of the season, their relationship, was enhanced in a way that never feels incongruous with what came before. Despite a disappointing finish, Resurrection reintroduces viewers to OG Dexter: a sight for bloodshot eyes.
